Starbucks Japan Whips Up Lemon-Flavored Latte That Tastes Like 'Cheesecake'

Food News3/20/2014

Dominique Zamora

Lemon is what you squeeze into tea and water, not coffee right? But what if you're craving some good zest with your morning pick-me-up, because reasons? It's a good thing Starbucks drinks tend to be more dessert than coffee, huh?

In its Japanese locations, which seem to get at least five new flavors for our every one, Starbucks just introduced a new "Creamy Vanilla Latte with Lemony Swirl." According to Brand Eating, this entails a vanilla and lemon curd latte base topped with lemon peel-flavored white chocolate, bits of dried lemon peel, lemon vanilla sauce, and whipped cream; also available as a Frappuccino.

Reviews on the Starbucks Japan Facebook suggest the drink tastes "refreshing" and a bit like "cheesecake." According to reddit, the name is also "f--king annoying to say in Japanese."

Dominique Zamora

Dominique would be a foodie if she had money to pay for food. For now, she gets by just looking at food photography, which results in at least one more starving journalism student every time Instagram breaks down.